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name左宗棠
name-style季高清史稿·列传一百九十九 左宗棠》:左宗棠,字季高,湖南湘阴人。
died-date光绪乙酉年八月乙酉
1885/9/27
清史稿·本纪二十三 德宗本纪一》:乙酉,左宗棠卒,赠太傅。
born1812
died1885
fatherperson:左观澜清史稿·列传一百九十九 左宗棠》:父观澜,廪生,有学行。
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authority-wikidataQ230200
link-wikipedia_zh左宗棠
link-wikipedia_enZuo_Zongtang
held-officeoffice:大学士
    from-date 同治甲戌年七月壬子
1874/8/23
清史稿·本纪二十二 穆宗本纪二》:壬子,命左宗棠为大学士,仍留陜甘总督任,景廉为钦差大臣,督办新疆军务,金顺帮办军务。
held-officeoffice:军机大臣
    from-date 光绪辛巳年正月壬辰
1881/2/27
清史稿·本纪二十三 德宗本纪一》:壬辰,命左宗棠为军机大臣,管兵部,兼总理各国事务衙门行走。
held-officeoffice:两江总督
    from-date 光绪辛巳年九月乙未
1881/10/28
清史稿·本纪二十三 德宗本纪一》:刘坤一罢,以左宗棠为两江总督,兼南洋大臣。
exam-statusexamstatus:举人
    from-date 道光壬辰年
1832/2/2 - 1833/2/19
晚晴簃诗汇·卷一百三十七》:左宗棠,字季高,湘阴人。道光壬辰举人,官至东阁大学士,封二等恪靖侯。
Zuo Zongtang, Marquis Kejing (also romanised as Tso Tsung-t'ang; tswɔ̀ tsʊ́ŋtʰɑ̌ŋ; 10 November 1812 – 5 September 1885), sometimes referred to as General Tso, was a Chinese statesman and military leader of the late Qing dynasty.

Born in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, Zuo sat for the imperial examination in his youth but obtained only a juren degree. He then spent his time studying agriculture, geography and military strategy. In 1851, he started his career in the Qing military by participating in the campaign against the Taiping Rebellion. In 1862, he was recommended by Zeng Guofan to serve as the provincial governor of Zhejiang Province. During his term, he coordinated Qing forces to attack the Taiping rebels with support from British and French forces. For this success, he was promoted to Viceroy of Min-Zhe. After capturing Hangzhou from the Taiping rebels in 1864, he was enfeoffed as a first class count. In 1866, as part of the Qing government's Self-Strengthening Movement, Zuo oversaw the construction of the Fuzhou Arsenal and naval academy. That same year, he was reassigned to serve as the Viceroy of Shaan-Gan, where he oversaw industrialisation in Gansu Province. In 1867, he was appointed as an Imperial Commissioner in charge of military affairs in Gansu.

During his term as Imperial Commissioner in Gansu, he participated in the suppression of the Nian Rebellion. In 1875, he was appointed Imperial Commissioner again to supervise military action against the Dungan Revolt. By the late 1870s, he had crushed the Dungan Revolt and recaptured Xinjiang Province from rebel forces. In 1875, the Guangxu Emperor made an extraordinary exception by awarding Zuo a jinshi degree – even though Zuo never achieved this in the imperial examination – and appointing him to the Hanlin Academy. In 1878, in recognition of his achievements, Zuo was promoted from a first class count to a second class marquis. He was reassigned to serve as the Viceroy of Liangjiang in 1881 and appointed to the Grand Council in 1884, before being made an Imperial Commissioner again to oversee naval affairs. He died in 1885 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, and was given the posthumous name Wenxiang.

While Zuo is best known outside China for his military exploits, he also made contributions to Chinese agricultural science and education. In particular, he promoted cotton cultivation to northwestern China as a replacement for cash crop opium and established a large-scale modern press in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces which published Confucian classics and newer works on agricultural science.

The dish General Tso's chicken in American Chinese cuisine was named in honour of Zuo.

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左宗棠(1812年11月10日 - 1885年),字季高,号湘上农人,署名今亮,谥文襄,湖南湘阴人,清朝大臣,著名湘军将领。一生亲历了讨伐太平天国、洋务运动、陕甘回变、新疆之役等重要中国历史事件。然在中法战争马尾海战后,以钦差大臣之名重整湘军督办福建、台湾海疆防务期间,壮志未酬病逝于福州,享寿72岁。

宗棠少时屡试不第,功名止于举人,在醴陵渌江书院主讲二年,转而遍读群书,留意水利、农业,钻研舆地、兵法。官至东阁大学士、军机大臣,封二等恪靖侯。与曾国藩李鸿章张之洞,并称「晚清四大名臣」。

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